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Despite cleaning up vomit (now all three boys have had the bug), breaking my glasses and shattering a fireplace tile (try dropping the door from a pellet stove onto pretty much anything: the door will be fine, whatever you drop it on probably won't be), it was still a pretty good weekend. Sam celebrated his fourth birthday with a party at the children's museum and the Broncos, Chiefs, and Jayhawks all won! All upsets!
The first half of the KU-Mizzou game was about as exciting a half of football as I have ever seen. It had everything: interceptions, fumbles, fumble recoveries, TD's, FG's, a safety (grounding in the end zone), sustained drives (understatement of the year), long runs, and lots of passing. All that was missing was a two point conversion. Probably not as exciting for Mizzou fans, since they very rarely had the ball, but I enjoyed it.
True confession time: One year when I was 12 or 13 I actually cheered for Mizzou at the KU-Missouri game. KU football weekends were always very social at our house. My dad's brother, and his family (both Rutledge cousins are Facebook friends) came up from Hutchinson for home games. In addition, my folks would often host friends from out of town who were rooting for other schools. In this case, there was a couple who had an extra ticket. At this point, I think I had some sort of general admission package where the KSU or MU game wasn't included. So I went with this couple (I have no idea what their names were) and sat in the bowl of the stadium surrounded by Tiger fans. I think what won me over was their cheer. Whenever the Tigers screwed up (which was often) the fans would say OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH SHIT! All those O's don't really give the best impression as to how long we said OH before we let loose with "shit". As a preteen, I was pretty impressed.
It was a one time thing. I've never cheered for Missouri again. And it NEVER would have happened in basketball.
These power ratings have some flaws: they only record past performance, give too much weight to blow-outs, and take the season as a whole. They don't give a very good sense of who is "hot". Still, they do give a pretty picture of who is good and who sucks. I'm beginning to think the three points for home field advantage isn't really working this year. I have to say that this has been a pretty enjoyable season even with the Broncs and Chiefs stinking up the joint.
I'm glad folks have cooled on the Jets. How could a team that lost to San Diego, Oakland, and now Denver be "the hottest team in football"? They also beat the Chiefs by a mere four. Not impressive.
The first half of the KU-Mizzou game was about as exciting a half of football as I have ever seen. It had everything: interceptions, fumbles, fumble recoveries, TD's, FG's, a safety (grounding in the end zone), sustained drives (understatement of the year), long runs, and lots of passing. All that was missing was a two point conversion. Probably not as exciting for Mizzou fans, since they very rarely had the ball, but I enjoyed it.
True confession time: One year when I was 12 or 13 I actually cheered for Mizzou at the KU-Missouri game. KU football weekends were always very social at our house. My dad's brother, and his family (both Rutledge cousins are Facebook friends) came up from Hutchinson for home games. In addition, my folks would often host friends from out of town who were rooting for other schools. In this case, there was a couple who had an extra ticket. At this point, I think I had some sort of general admission package where the KSU or MU game wasn't included. So I went with this couple (I have no idea what their names were) and sat in the bowl of the stadium surrounded by Tiger fans. I think what won me over was their cheer. Whenever the Tigers screwed up (which was often) the fans would say OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH SHIT! All those O's don't really give the best impression as to how long we said OH before we let loose with "shit". As a preteen, I was pretty impressed.
It was a one time thing. I've never cheered for Missouri again. And it NEVER would have happened in basketball.
- New York Giants 10.85
- Tennessee Titans 9.92
- Baltimore Ravens 9.32
- Pittsburgh Steelers 9.13
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6.12
- Philadelphia Eagles 5.58
- Green Bay Packers 5.03
- Carolina Panthers 4.57
- Atlanta Falcons 4.54
- Minnesota Vikings 4.2
- Indianapolis Colts 3.55
- New Orleans Saints 3.39
- New York Jets 2.85
- San Diego Chargers 2.13
- Dallas Cowboys 1.52
- Chicago Bears 1.4
- Arizona Cardinals 0.53
- New England Patriots -0.07
- Cleveland Browns -0.69
- Washington Redskins -0.83
- Houston Texans -1.41
- Jacksonville Jaguars -1.94
- Miami Dolphins -2.47
- Buffalo Bills -2.63
- Denver Broncos -3.22
- San Francisco 49ers -6.53
- Cincinnati Bengals -7.95
- Oakland Raiders -8.04
- Seattle Seahawks -8.41
- Kansas City Chiefs -9.37
- Detroit Lions -13.63
- St. Louis Rams -16.6
These power ratings have some flaws: they only record past performance, give too much weight to blow-outs, and take the season as a whole. They don't give a very good sense of who is "hot". Still, they do give a pretty picture of who is good and who sucks. I'm beginning to think the three points for home field advantage isn't really working this year. I have to say that this has been a pretty enjoyable season even with the Broncs and Chiefs stinking up the joint.
I'm glad folks have cooled on the Jets. How could a team that lost to San Diego, Oakland, and now Denver be "the hottest team in football"? They also beat the Chiefs by a mere four. Not impressive.